Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of Ancient Egypt: Delivered in May and June, 1879Williams & Norgate, 1880 - 259 pages |
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... , clothes to the naked , a refuge to him that was in want ; that which I did to him , the great God hath done to me . " 1 1 Duemichen , Kalenderinschriften , xlvi . " I was one who did that which was pleasing 74 LECTURE II .
... , clothes to the naked , a refuge to him that was in want ; that which I did to him , the great God hath done to me . " 1 1 Duemichen , Kalenderinschriften , xlvi . " I was one who did that which was pleasing 74 LECTURE II .
Page 75
... hath inclined his countenance to me for what I have done ; he hath given me old age upon earth , in long and pleasant duration , with many children at my feet , and sons in face of his own son . ' 991 God's reward for well - doing is ...
... hath inclined his countenance to me for what I have done ; he hath given me old age upon earth , in long and pleasant duration , with many children at my feet , and sons in face of his own son . ' 991 God's reward for well - doing is ...
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... hath given thee to till . " " If any one beareth himself proudly , he will be humbled by God , who maketh his strength . " " If thou art a wise man , bring up thy son in the love of God . " " The magnanimous man is the object of God's ...
... hath given thee to till . " " If any one beareth himself proudly , he will be humbled by God , who maketh his strength . " " If thou art a wise man , bring up thy son in the love of God . " " The magnanimous man is the object of God's ...
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... hath ex- tended my frontiers to the extremities of heaven ; " " the whole circuit of the sun he hath handed over ( ma - nef ) to her who is with him . " " I have ordained for thee , " says the god to Tehutimes III . , " that the whole ...
... hath ex- tended my frontiers to the extremities of heaven ; " " the whole circuit of the sun he hath handed over ( ma - nef ) to her who is with him . " " I have ordained for thee , " says the god to Tehutimes III . , " that the whole ...
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... hath given me the whole world with all its domains . " The royal inscriptions are full of similar language , and in the temples all the gods are represented as confer- ring upon the kings whatever gifts they have to bestow . There is a ...
... hath given me the whole world with all its domains . " The royal inscriptions are full of similar language , and in the temples all the gods are represented as confer- ring upon the kings whatever gifts they have to bestow . There is a ...
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abode Abydos Akerblad Amenhotep II Amon ancient Egypt Anubis Book Brugsch called Chabas Champollion chapter character Christian coffin Coptic Dead deceased deity Dendera derived divine doctrine earth Egyp Egyptian language Egyptian religion Egyptian texts Egyptian word eighteenth dynasty eleventh dynasty evidence existence expressed father feast funereal genius goddess gods Greek hath Hathor heart heaven Hebrew Heliopolis hieratic hieroglyphic Horus hymns Indo-European inscriptions Isis king language legend Lepsius living Lord Maat manuscripts Mariette Max Müller meaning monuments mother Museum myth mythology nature Nephthys nether world Nile notion nutar nutra Osiris papyrus period person prayers Ptah Pyramids quoted Rameses reign religious Renenet represented Rougé royal sacred says scholars Semitic Seti signifies soul sovereign speak sun-god symbol tablet Tefnut Tehutimes temple Thebes thee thine things thou art thou hast tion tombs translated verb worship writing written
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Page 99 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the LORD: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Page 70 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a merry heart; for God now accepteth thy works.
Page 107 - Look up and see the sun as a bridegroom richly dressed, and greatly pleased, coming out of his chamber, and rejoicing as a strong man to run a race...
Page 103 - is not far from any one of us, for in Him we live and move and have our being...
Page 74 - Doing that which is right and hating that which is wrong, I was bread to the hungry, water to the thirsty, clothes to the naked, a refuge to him that was in want; that which I did to him, the great God hath done to me.
Page 69 - ... more than two cubits, and as it is shown to the guests in rotation, the bearer exclaims, " Cast your eyes on this figure, after death you yourself will resemble it ; drink then, and be happy.
Page 217 - When these individual gods are invoked, they are not conceived as limited by the power of others, as superior or inferior in rank. Each god is to the mind of the supplicant as good as all the gods. He is felt, at the time, as a real divinity — as supreme and absolute, in spite of the necessary limitations which, to our mind, a plurality of gods must entail on every single god.
Page 243 - La mort a des rigueurs à nulle autre pareilles : On a beau la prier, La cruelle qu'elle est se bouche les oreilles, Et nous laisse crier. Le pauvre en sa cabane, où le chaume le couvre, Est sujet à ses lois; Et la garde qui veille aux barrières du Louvre N'en défend point nos Rois. De murmurer contre elle et perdre patience II est mal à propos ; Vouloir ce que Dieu veut est la seule science Qui nous met en repos.
Page 240 - Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis. te, dea, te fugiunt venti, te nubila caeli adventumque tuum, tibi sua vis daedala tellus summittit flores, tibi rident aequora ponti placatumque nitet diffuso lumine caelum.
Page 109 - I look upon the sunrise and sunset, on the daily return of day and night, on the battle between light and darkness, on the whole solar drama in all its details that is acted every day, every month, every year, in heaven and in earth, as the principal subject of early mythology.